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2 July 2018 | 1 reply
Please feel free to place books for me to read regarding budgeting my income, investing and personal finance in general.
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2 July 2018 | 2 replies
Some experienced Rehabbers have used an amount per square foot to come up with a general number.
5 July 2018 | 4 replies
I have posted regarding this topic before and the general consensus was that I should just start saving more aggressively and then eventually buy a multi-family property as my first deal.
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2 July 2018 | 0 replies
I realize that it is an over-generalization but compared to other markets it appears that Ohio is purely a cash-flow play.
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2 July 2018 | 6 replies
The thought had entered my mind but was unsure how the general sentiment was for investors and how they confront an eviction scenario right out the gates.
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14 July 2018 | 17 replies
I opened a business checking account with my local credit union, but I don't think they're going to offer as many solutions to real estate and business lending in general as some of the other banks in the region can.So, I want to establish a relationship with another local bank now, to build on that for a while to help when I'm ready for more lending.
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29 July 2018 | 4 replies
but here are considerations for house-hacking in general-https://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/considera...Hope that helps!
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5 July 2018 | 4 replies
Does anyone have a general idea of what it would cost to submeter one or all of the utilities?
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6 July 2018 | 5 replies
The general advice is that you want to elect to get taxed as a sole propertier/partnership if you are doing buy-and-hold.
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4 July 2018 | 4 replies
having a difficult time using both the brrrr and fix and flip calculator because i intend to live in the property for 1 year so not a rehab. these calculators seem to assume i won't live in the property. based on the factors below, i'm hoping someone can poke holes.arv=270krepair=my father who is a general contractor is overestimating at 35k (it's definitely livable, but there's opportunity to upgrade/update such as the roof, floors, cabinets). i'd live there for a year and plan to either flip or rent after the year.annual expected property tax=$7.5klisted price is around $235k ($/sq ft is below comp average)comps within the past year for similar properties around $260-$280kpreferred profit (not too sure about this) but $20k is a target...i guess.estimated rental based on recent is $1.8-1.85k/monthi was thinking about offering $210k max, but the calculators recommended an estimated purchase offer between $160-$175k, which seems extremely low given the livable condition.what am i calculating wrong here?